Experimental Microbiomes: Models Not to Scale

Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology

(2019) Robin Tecon et al.   mSystems

The antimicrobial potential of Streptomyces from insect microbiomes

(2019) Marc G. Chevrette et al.   Nature Communications

Introducing THOR, a Model Microbiome for Genetic Dissection of Community Behavior

(2019) Gabriel L. Lozano et al.   mBio

Linearmycins are lytic membrane-targeting antibiotics

(2018) Reed M. Stubbendieck et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIBIOTICS

Fungal networks shape dynamics of bacterial dispersal and community assembly in cheese rind microbiomes

(2018) Yuanchen Zhang et al.   Nature Communications

What exactly is ‘N’ in cell culture and animal experiments?

(2018) Stanley E. Lazic et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Substrate Shift Reveals Roles for Members of Bacterial Consortia in Degradation of Plant Cell Wall Polymers

(2018) Camila Carlos et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Antibiotic Stimulation of a Bacillus subtilis Migratory Response

(2018) Yongjin Liu et al.   mSphere

Emerging evolutionary paradigms in antibiotic discovery

(2018) Marc G. Chevrette et al.   JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY & BIOTECHNOLOGY

Bacterial symbionts use a type VI secretion system to eliminate competitors in their natural host

(2018) Lauren Speare et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Microbiome interactions shape host fitness

(2018) Alison L. Gould et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Gut Microbial and Metabolic Responses to Salmonella enterica Serovar Typhimurium and Candida albicans

(2018) Jennifer R. Bratburd et al.   mBio

A bacterial immunomodulatory protein with lipocalin-like domains facilitates host–bacteria mutualism in larval zebrafish

(2018) Annah S Rolig et al.   eLife

Linearmycins Activate a Two-Component Signaling System Involved in Bacterial Competition and Biofilm Morphology

(2017) Reed M. Stubbendieck et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Streptomyces exploration is triggered by fungal interactions and volatile signals

(2017) Stephanie E Jones et al.   eLife

Host-selected mutations converging on a global regulator drive an adaptive leap towards symbiosis in bacteria

(2017) M Sabrina Pankey et al.   eLife

Patterns of Specificity of the Pathogen Escovopsis across the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis

(2016) Stephanie S. L. Birnbaum et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Depletion of Butyrate-Producing Clostridia from the Gut Microbiota Drives an Aerobic Luminal Expansion of Salmonella

(2016) Fabian Rivera-Chávez et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Human Microbiota-Associated Mice: A Model with Challenges

(2016) Marie-Claire Arrieta et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

The Human Intestinal Microbiome in Health and Disease

(2016) Susan V. Lynch et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Biotic Interactions Shape the Ecological Distributions of Staphylococcus Species

(2016) Erik K. Kastman et al.   mBio

Impact and Influence of the Natural Vibrio-Squid Symbiosis in Understanding Bacterial–Animal Interactions

(2016) Mark J. Mandel et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Bacterial Communities: Interactions to Scale

(2016) Reed M. Stubbendieck et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Cellulose-Enriched Microbial Communities from Leaf-Cutter Ant (Atta colombica) Refuse Dumps Vary in Taxonomic Composition and Degradation Ability

(2016) Gina R. Lewin et al.   PLoS One

CysK Plays a Role in Biofilm Formation and Colonization by Vibrio fischeri

(2015) Priyanka Singh et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microbes are trophic analogs of animals

(2015) Shawn A. Steffan et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Intestinal Microbiota Composition Modulates Choline Bioavailability from Diet and Accumulation of the Proatherogenic Metabolite Trimethylamine- N -Oxide

(2015) Kymberleigh A. Romano et al.   mBio

The outer mucus layer hosts a distinct intestinal microbial niche

(2015) Hai Li et al.   Nature Communications

From Cell Differentiation to Cell Collectives: Bacillus subtilis Uses Division of Labor to Migrate

(2015) Jordi van Gestel et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Escape from Lethal Bacterial Competition through Coupled Activation of Antibiotic Resistance and a Mobilized Subpopulation

(2015) Reed M. Stubbendieck et al.   PLoS Genetics

Comparative genomics of Roseobacter clade bacteria isolated from the accessory nidamental gland of Euprymna scolopes

(2015) Andrew J. Collins et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Cheese Rind Communities Provide Tractable Systems for In Situ and In Vitro Studies of Microbial Diversity

(2014) Benjamin E. Wolfe et al.   CELL

Global discovery of colonization determinants in the squid symbiontVibrio fischeri

(2014) John F. Brooks et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Divining the Essence of Symbiosis: Insights from the Squid-Vibrio Model

(2014) Margaret McFall-Ngai   PLOS BIOLOGY

Bacterial Competition Reveals Differential Regulation of the pks Genes by Bacillus subtilis

(2013) C. Vargas-Bautista et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Gut Microbiota from Twins Discordant for Obesity Modulate Metabolism in Mice

(2013) V. K. Ridaura et al.   SCIENCE

The Population Structure of Antibiotic-Producing Bacterial Symbionts of Apterostigma dentigerum Ants: Impacts of Coevolution and Multipartite Symbiosis

(2012) Eric J. Caldera et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Enzymatic resistance to the lipopeptide surfactin as identified through imaging mass spectrometry of bacterial competition

(2012) B. C. Hoefler et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Modulation of Symbiont Lipid A Signaling by Host Alkaline Phosphatases in the Squid-Vibrio Symbiosis

(2012) B. A. Rader et al.   mBio

The roles of NO in microbial symbioses

(2011) Yanling Wang et al.   CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing

(2010) Junjie Qin et al.   NATURE

H-NOX-mediated nitric oxide sensing modulates symbiotic colonization by Vibrio fischeri

(2010) Y. Wang et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

There's NO stopping NsrR, a global regulator of the bacterial NO stress response

(2010) Nicholas P. Tucker et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Taming the symbiont for coexistence: a host PGRP neutralizes a bacterial symbiont toxin

(2009) Joshua V. Troll et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

A single regulatory gene is sufficient to alter bacterial host range

(2009) Mark J. Mandel et al.   NATURE

The Effect of Diet on the Human Gut Microbiome: A Metagenomic Analysis in Humanized Gnotobiotic Mice

(2009) P. J. Turnbaugh et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Effects of luxCDABEG induction in Vibrio fischeri: enhancement of symbiotic colonization and conditional attenuation of growth in culture

(2008) Jeffrey L. Bose et al.   ARCHIVES OF MICROBIOLOGY

Structurally diverse natural products that cause potassium leakage trigger multicellularity in Bacillus subtilis

(2008) D. Lopez et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA